Alex Kira

Senior Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Profile

15+ years of experience in full lifecycle software development. Experienced in Agile Development and TDD. Aptitude in multiple languages and ability to learn new technologies quickly. Wearer of many hats.

PromoterBee - Atlanta, GA / Remote

Lead Architect

June 2007 - April 2012

Worked directly with founders to conceptualize new features, determine development effort, and select technology needed to implement a solution.

Led development on PromoterBee Biz, a full suite application targeting restaurants, which provides management of promotions, social media monitoring, couponing, and distribution to various social media outlets and sites.

Designed and developed an API to be used by 3rd parties to provide access to our database of specials and promotions (used by Metromix, 8coupons, and other sites).

Optimus Solutions – Norcross, GA

Senior Consultant

2005-2007

Provided full life cycle development and consulting services to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a financial budgeting system used to track spending for the entire APHIS branch of USDA (project worth over 1.5 million in services).